Happy volunteers
A trademark for the Amundsen Race has been its nice, happy and helpful volunteers. It seems that the tradition was carried on this year also! Thank you to all of you wonderful volunteers for helping out, making this race an appreciated experience for many mushers! Maybe that’s the reason why so m
Father and daughter
The journey for spanish mushers Julian (the father) an d Uxue (the daughter) Zufiaurre ends in Norråker 2. Our photographer Martin Wagenius catched a picture of them while they were out on the third leg, in the area of Norråker, before they chose to scratch. It’s such a poetic picture…
Our co-worker
For several years now, Cia Sundkvist has been involved in organizing the Amundsen Race, as she did this year also but instead of helping out as a volunteer during the race itself, she decided to race with her 8 dog team. Unfortunately, she had to scratch at the last checkpoint, which is a pity sinc
Another fighter
Kevin Koene from the Netherlands is another jolly musher. Last year, because of a snowstorm and after a lot of thinking and torment, he decided to scratch the race. Now, he’s trying anew. There is also a lot of snow this time, but no storm winds, nor high mountains to pass this year. Good luck [&
Everyone is doing its best
The leading dog teams deserve a lot of attention and are worthy of our admiration, as well as the mushers with less experience of long distance races who are really doing their best to get to the finish line. French musher Gilles Demeu was the last one to reach checkpoint Norråker 2 and we hope [&
Spanish style of mushing
One of our spanish mushers has his own style: Not many swedish musher would dare to drive without a hat in winter…. Musher: Antonio Parra
A chased man
Spanish musher Salva Luque is being chased by Bernhard Klammer. Will his previous experiences competing in Mush Synnfjell and Bergebyløpet 650 help him keeping away in this race?
3 teams fighting for the medals
It seems pretty sure that Petra Kunz, Taisto Torneus and Linda Ahnlund are the three ones fighting for the medals at the Swedish championship for the 8 dog team class, but who will get which medal? We’ll have the answer in a few hours in Strömsund!
Fighting for Swedish championship
Is Håkan Nisula sure to be Swedish champion in the 12 dog class? His 26 minutes’ lead on his closest competitor, Marco Wyss, has now grown to a lot more as Marco Wyss hasn’t left the checkpoint yet. This also means that Martin Gröger who will leave very soon has a chance to win a […]
Going for the finish
The teams are now starting to leave the last checkpoint. Opening the way is French musher Daniel Juillaguet, who has participated in the Amundsen Race since 2014. He has made the podium every time, but he has won before. Will it be his turn to win the race this time?